Laowa Proteus Review: Surprisingly Good 2x Anamorphic Lenses
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- čas přidán 6. 07. 2024
- I had the opportunity to play with the Laowa Proteus anamorphics, a set of no-holds-barred cine primes that deliver a gorgeous 2x image that is rated as Super35+, but covers full frame on the V-Raptor. Thank you Laowa for sending me these lenses to play with, thanks to my wonderful family for playing dress-up with me for the test, and a huge thanks to YOU for watching! I absolutely love playing with this kind of equipment and making these videos, so thank you for your time and support.
Enjoy!
Quick note: toward the end of the video I mention that the Nanomorph lenses in PL mount protrude too far back to use a VND adapter. After reviewing the specs on the Laowa website, it actually looks like everything from the 35mm and longer WILL fit the Breakthrough VND. I'd have to check to be sure, but the specs line up, and given my experience with the Athena primes, it appears that using spec sheet math for that particular adapter is reliable. So I'm curious to find out. On the Nanomorph zooms, they don't have a spec sheet, but from eyeballing it, I'd guess that the 28-55mm doesn't fit, but that the 50-100mm would fit with the Breakthrough VND.
I gotta be honest with ya', when you cut to the "Dadman" scene I got so caught up in watching the spoof scene play out that I didn't even pay attention to the image character! LOL! I had to go back again and look at the images! Thanks for the review Nick!
That's so kind of you to say! Thanks for your support and for watching all my crazy rants.
Of course. I am the fortunate one!
Ignore the trolls - you do you - it’s your channel, your creativity, your time. I love every one of your videos and can’t wait to see your film! I’m learning a ton from you.
That means a lot to me, thank you!
Here here 😊
Enjoy you diary, Nick. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you!
Great overview and your kid’s delivery of “Evening, commissionerrr” was too good 😂
Thanks for sharing your thoughts, even though it’s largely a personal diary project I’m excited to see your channel grow man!
Glad to have you here Matt! Thanks for the kind words!
Came for the review and insight, stayed for the bird and gorgeous imagery. Instant sub! I like your thesis for the channel. Hope you find what you're looking for and make that feature - I'm sure it'll look brilliant!
Thank you so much! You can see a short clip of the film in my recent video about “movie magic” if you’re curious :-)
Your gonna get 10 subs today! Congrats Nick on hitting 1000 man you've earned it.
So kind of you to notice! Thank you so much for the kind words, and for being here 🙂
Also, you were right! 1000 subs celebration!!
@@nick_salazar awesome man, can’t wait to see your film keep it up
This was super fun! Thank you for sharing your thoughts and your process for working with these lenses. The Dark Knight parody was adorable!
Thank you so much!
great video and glad to keep it like a diary. And love the bird!
Thanks so much! I really appreciate the positive comments.
nice review. nice family! Enjoying your journey keep it going :)
Thanks Alex!
That was an incredible short film haha
Thank you! It was so much fun to make 🙂
Your kiddos are so cute
Aweee cute!!! Legoss
Trying to figure out aspect ratios/image sensor sizes makes my brain melt.
fire
Have you tried mounting any of them vertically? I was thinking about buying a set of them, but don't know if the image circle covers a Komodo X sensor when mounted vertically.
For people who have to do vertical video delivery, that can be helpful. Given the 6:5 coverage, shooting vertically on the V-Raptor in 6:5 mode would yield a 5:3 image, with plenty of room to crop either to landscape or portrait aspects. Personally, I didn't have a need for that, but the possibility is there!
Oh, and for lens coverage information, I highly recommend the online tool by CVP. It's insanely useful: cvp.com/tools/cameralens
A quick look and it appears they just about do cover the entire Komodo X sensor, so shooting vertically would yield a nearly square image that you could crop any which way you like. Even if the corners vignette a small amount, you could either crop or distortion-correct a bit to restore them.
@@nick_salazar Thank you for your reply, my idea is exactly that! Congratulations on the content, I am sure your channel will be big soon! Amazing content as always
That color shifting LED in the background is super annoying. I had to move the window to where it cropped part of your head to watch it.